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Nigerian Law Intellectual Property Watch Inc. (NLIPW) provides up-to-date and sometimes breaking news reports on intellectual property rights and protection from around the world including news from the U.S. Through the NLIPW Newsroom, we promote awareness about intellectual property rights and deepening discussions on the problem of counterfeiting in the U.S.

NLIPW Newsroom monitors the U.S. news outlets highlighting the development and passage of legislation, guidelines, regulations, and trade agreements on Intellectual Property.

Barry Rosen, a San Diego photographer has sued eBay in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California with Case number 3:18-cv-00002-MMA-JLB for alleged violation of the Copyright Infringement Act. According to the […]

Feld Entertainment, the owner of circus company, Ringling Bros, has sued Kid Rock and promoter Live Nation in the U.S. District court for middle Florida for trademark infringement over the name of the upcoming Greatest […]

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment recently announced the commencement of the circulation of a new Trademarks Journal. The Journal titled Trademarks Journal, Volume 2, No. 1 of 2017 is dated November 24, 2017 […]

The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) invites proposals for grant financing and local support, from African enterprises, cooperatives, and producer groups with innovative solutions that extend their own capabilities to increase revenues, create jobs, improve […]

Screenwriters Lee Alfred II and Ezequiel Martinez Jr and producer Tova Laiter have filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Colorado alleging that Disney has infringed on the original copyrighted expression of themes, settings, […]

Brain May, a lead guitarist of rock band Queen expressed his displeasure at the photographer who reported him to Instagram for copyright infringement after posting a picture of himself. Brian May, 70, Instagram account with […]

This is an interesting acquisition. ToLet.com.ng, which is arguably Nigeria’s leading online property classifieds portal, in conjunction with their lead investor, Malaysia based Frontier Digital Ventures, have acquired Jumia House Nigeria. The acquisition is rather […]

Every September 1, Nigeria celebrates ” No Music Day”. No Music Day seeks to draw attention to the widespread infringement of copyright as it affects the rights of performers, bands, music composers, recording artists, song [...]